April 13, 2024
(INDIANAPOLIS, IN) – In response to today’s Iranian attack on Israel, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi), the world’s leading Jewish college fraternity, has issued an alert to all of its North American undergraduate members calling on them to be vigilant in protecting themselves and their campus Jewish community and to continue to stand strong for Israel. The message from CEO Rob Derdiger was sent via text to nearly 10,000 AEPi undergraduates and read: It is rare that we write to all of you all at once and even more rare that we do so on Shabbat. As you are […]
April 12, 2024
Last night (April 11, 2024), AEPi honored two of its stalwart supporters: Brother Mike Leven (Tufts, 1959) was presented with the Nehemiah Gitelson Silver Medallion recognizing him for his commitment to Jewish communal services. Brother Past Supreme Master Scott Cohon (Wayne State, 1991) was presented with AEPi’s highest honor, the Order of the Lion, for his longtime service and commitment to AEPi. Today, we are featuring a rerun of an article from 2015 when Brother Cohon was installed as Supreme Master of AEPi. Much has changed in AEPi, our world and Scott’s life since this article was first published but [...]
April 8, 2024
STATEMENT FROM ROB DERDIGER CEO, ALPHA EPSILON PI INTERNATIONAL “Once again, an AEPi house has been vandalized with antisemitic graffiti in a transparent attempt to intimidate Jewish students, this time at the University of Arizona. Administrators at the University of Arizona – and on campuses throughout North America – must commit to protecting its Jewish students by holding those groups responsible for these actions accountable by removing their recognition, and expelling students from school who violate the university’s student code of conduct. Alpha Epsilon Pi strongly supports freedom of speech and expression HOWEVER when that speech is an attempt to […]
April 12, 2024
Last night (April 11, 2024), AEPi honored two of its stalwart supporters: Brother Mike Leven (Tufts, 1959) was presented with the Nehemiah Gitelson Silver Medallion recognizing him for his commitment to Jewish communal services. Brother Past Supreme Master Scott Cohon (Wayne State, 1991) was presented with AEPi’s highest honor, the Order of the Lion, for his longtime service and commitment to AEPi. Today, we are featuring a rerun of an article from 2015 when Brother Cohon was installed as Supreme Master of AEPi. Much has changed in AEPi, our world and Scott’s life since this article was first published but [...]
April 5, 2024
On the morning of March 15, the AEPi house and the main quad at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois was vandalized with spray paint saying (among other things), “AEPi Supports Genocide” and “Free Palestine.” “When I saw the pictures – almost all of the Brothers were out of town on spring break – I said to myself, ‘It’s gametime.’ I knew that we were going to respond in every way and in the best ways possible,” said chapter president Avram Bulgatz (Bradley, 2026). “They waited to do this until we weren’t here, but we knew we needed to step up [...]
March 29, 2024
Mensch Madness Sets Record! As every good AEPi Brother knows, our founder, Brother Charles C. Moskowitz, was an excellent basketball player during his days as an undergraduate student at NYU. So, it seems fitting that the fraternity he founded bases its biggest annual international philanthropy event around that pastime. Over the years, Mensch Madness, AEPi’s philanthropic take on the college basketball tournament has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for AEPi philanthropy partners. This year’s challenge raised funds for the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). Despite our historical connection to basketball, Mensch Madness began just 10 short years ago as [...]
March 15, 2024
(Editor’s Note: Daniel Conway (UC – Berkeley, 2024) wrote the following column to tell his personal Jewish journey in college and express his experiences on campus since October 7. In January of 2023, Daniel was featured as a Friday PiDay on the AEPi website telling his story as a Israel on Campus Coalition Geller Fellow. AEPi is proud to use this space to help Daniel tell his story and to give our Brothers and supporters a taste of the climate on campus today. To submit your own column, email [email protected]). Over the past five months, I have realized that my [...]
December 29, 2023
(Editor’s Note: Brother Rabbi Alan Litwak was a founding father of the Sigma Beta chapter of AEPi at University of California – Santa Barbara. Raised in Northern California, he is a product of the Reform Jewish movement and has served congregations in both Southern and Northern California, as well as Long Island, Manhattan, and Albany, New York. Since 2002 he has held the position of Senior Rabbi at Temple Sinai of North Dade (Florida). The VOICES article below are excerpts from social media posts Rabbi Litwak wrote for his congregation while on a South Florida rabbinical mission to Israel in [...]
December 22, 2023
When the October 7 pogrom hit, I had just come home from Sukkot services where author Dara Horn discussed her new book, Everyone Loves Dead Jews. As I went to bed, my Red Alert missile app was going crazy indicating hundreds of missiles had been fired at Israel from Aza. I have the app because not only is my youngest son studying at Yeshiva Ohr Semach in Jerusalem but also so I can keep an eye on my cousins and friends all over Israel. I initially thought, “It’s just Hamas acting up, Israel will bomb somewhere, and we will go [...]
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